If you have a powder room that takes the place of one bathroom, you are lucky....no shower/bath to clean! It is week 8 and that means, time to clean the Powder Room! If you do not have a powder room to clean, you get the week off! Relax! The regular bathroom cleaning will come at a later date.
The powder room is usually a room that your guests always see, so you want to be prepared at all times! One of the smallest rooms in the house, but a room that has a lot of time spent in!
This week's goals:
___ Remove everything from the counter top. Clean then replace only necessity items such as soap, facial tissues and a candle.
___ Find a home for everything that will no longer sit on the counter top. Try to group like things together (makeup and hair care items together; lotions, deodorants and perfumes together; soaps, extra toilet paper and facial tissues together). If you have children, medicines should be stored securely away from items your children use.
___ Sort through items under your sink, in the vanity drawers, in your medicine cabinet, on shelves and in cupboards. Toss:
1. All sunscreen more than 2 years old
2. Expired medications.
3. Hair dryers, curling irons, straightening tools, etc..that you never use or are broken.
4. Dull tweezers.
5. All makeup more than a year old.
6. Extra applicators and old makeup sponges.
7. Leftover hotel samples you will never use.
8. Towels that are ripped or worn out.
___ If you do not have enough storage space under your bathroom sink, buy some organizers. There are a variety of choices on the market. Some favorites are clear, stackable drawers.
**Tips**
___ If you do not have enough shelf space, roll up your towels and washcloths and keep them in a pretty basket on the floor.
___ Need more space under the sink? Try stackable plastic drawers. This is an inexpensive way to gain more room.
___ Keep soap in a pump rather than a bar on the sink. This looks better and is less mess to clean up.
___ Keep makeup in a bag instead of loose in a drawer. This will make it easier to put it away and take it with you.
___Learn to consolidate: night/day cream, hand/foot cream, face/body self-tanner, base/topcoat nail polish. Save room by using one product for both areas when possible.
___ Don't store extra, unopened products such as toilet paper, toothpaste and hairspray with products that are already opened.
Stay Organized!
Once a month!
___ Replace all worn out toothbrushes in your bathroom.
Once a Year
___Sort through your makeup and throw away any any products you haven't used in the last year.
___ Toss any worn-out bath towels or cut them into rags if you need them.
Will be checking in with you soon!
